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Title The life, music and thought of Woody Guthrie : a critical appraisal / [edited by] John S. Partington.

Publication Info. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
©2011

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML410 .G98 L5 2011    Available  ---
Description xvii, 196 pages ; 25 cm.
Series [Ashgate popular and folk music series]
Ashgate popular and folk music series.
Note Series from jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.
Contents "Pastures of plenty" : Woody Guthrie and the New Deal / Richard Nate -- "There's a better world a-coming" : resolving the tension between the urban and rural visions in the writings of Woody Guthrie / John S. Partington -- Woody Guthrie and the cultural front / Will Kaufman -- Playing legend maker : Woody Guthrie's "Jackhammer John" / Mark Allan Jackson -- "Words to shoot back at you" : Woody Guthrie's "war" against German fascism / Martin Butler -- "Always on the go" : the figure of the hobo in the songs and writings of Woody Guthrie / Martin Butler -- "Hard travelin" : constructing Woody Guthrie's dust bowl legacy / Jeff Morgan -- Woody Guthrie, aka "the guy who wrote 'This land is your land'" / Frank Erik Pointner -- Will Geer and Woody Guthrie : a folk music friendship / Ronald D. Cohen -- The performer and the promoter / Ed Cray -- Good man, honest man : Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the role of the folk outlaw / D.A. Carpenter.
Subject Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.
Criticism and interpretation.
Added Author Partington, John S., 1973-
ISBN 9780754669555 hardcover alkaline paper
0754669556 hardcover alkaline paper
9780754697435 ebook
0754697436 ebook